ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41623002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

River Road, Oregon

Mean one-way trip19.3 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home14.0%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone75.1%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute19.2 min → 19.3 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.5% → 14.0%▲ 2.5 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit1.3% → 1.5%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.7% → 75.1%▲ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.1% ±5.2 pp
Carpool6.2% ±3.6 pp
Public transit1.5% ±1.7 pp
Walk2.3% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.7 pp
Work from home14.0% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 4,232 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

17thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,862± 884 MOE
Workers age 16+4,232± 518 MOE
Workers with travel time3,640± 514 MOE
Estimated home workers592± 170 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.